My Love Story

love stories at the train station

Station Friendly Part 1

My friend does not ever take the train? If not, try once tuh guaranteed fun, deh. The first time, I am try to ride the train I'm going home first time with my sister class named anchor Mbak Anjar, Mbak Anti, and Mbak Betty is still one district, but different sub-districts (I dare not go home alone because it has not memorized the way).
Actually I did not really know Mbak Anjar et al. They were seniors in college, very rarely met. But I only know how good they are and how grateful I have a senior like them when I'm going home by train. Here's the story.
After the home village, I'll have UTS (Middle Exam Semester). Because this is my first year getting a bit worried if its value bad so I take it all lecture materials. Until there are loads of luggage 2 large bags. One backpack and one suitcase. Weight really brought it up to red hands and blisters here and there. It contained all the lecture materials, no parcel for that in the village. Because money is thin, just enough for doang home village. Most rest a little.
When I arrived at the house of Sister Anjar. "Astagfirullah Al adzim, dik so much luggage just like I'm moving house" she exclaimed in surprise. "We all wait to Senen train economy. The train is often crowded and the drop in passengers must cepet really. I could have you missed the train just because of objections brought the goods. Can not reduced? Bring the essentials only. "Further said that while helping me put my bags into the room Sister Anjar. Because the same uncomfortable Sister Anjar had kindly bought me a ticket. Yes, already I'm unloading luggage again. I just took a slide and lecture notes, lectures and training, while a thick heavy I stay because besides I also had it memorized.
For the prospective passengers who want to going home by train alone, do not try to carry a lot. Since the station was very crowded with passengers the sellers, etc. Do not let being busy carrying heavy bags, we actually went wrong and finally dimarah carriage of passengers in the car (I never experience any trouble dimarah carriage), or a more serious because it is difficult to miss the train entered the carriage. Hmmmm not really fun huh? It's the little things deh cancel our tickets back and forth.
Well, until at Senen, turned out to prospective travelers do not so much. H-5 already, but still pretty quiet. I ama Mbak Anjar et entrain Main Dusk business class later in the continued economic train to Randu Blatung. Especially for I must ride the bus again to Blora, just got home. Fun-fun's journey from Jakarta to Semarang, not any barriers. I had a meal of noodles fried omelet plus artificial Sister Betty who was sitting bench with me. Luckily, there were Mbak Betty because I'm not sure I can buy fried rice sold in the train, my money is just enough to transport it.
Our trip only disturbed when we took the train from Semarang to Randublatung economy. Suddenly the train that we rode on strike in the middle of the road. The engineer said we should wait a minute. They want to take a locomotive at Semarang first because locomotives are now broken, do not want the road. "Well ....", I yelled disappointed. I'm so tired sitting on. Create entertainment we chatted with a passenger in our train.
Not bad we got a lot of new acquaintances with our different cities. We really fun chatting with them until the train was not aware the road again. we waited there approximately 3 hours. Here she cried on the train. He's friendly, can talk to, make the journey. Sometimes we exchange for food or beverages during travel. because the time was fast, so food does not rate. Very different if you take the bus. body was tired, no friends chat. They were really cool with fellow passengers, rarely chat. Sometimes I worry too missed the bus when praying, so sometimes less solemn prayers. Really uncomfortable. If the example given value (in terms of hospitality) with a scale of 1-10, I give the executive bus value of 3 if the train 7.
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Sobat pernah naik kereta api nggak ? Kalo belum pernah, coba dulu tuh dijamin asyik, deh. Pertama kali nyoba naik kereta tu pas pertama kali aku mudik bareng kakak kelasku namanya Mbak anjar, Mbak Anti, dan Mbak Betty yang masih satu kabupaten, tapi beda kecamatan (Aku nggak berani pulang sendiri coz belum apal jalan, friends).
Sebenarnya aku nggak begitu kenal deket ama Mbak Anjar dkk. Mereka tuh seniorku di kampus, jarang bgt ketemu. Tapi aku baru tahu betapa baiknya mereka dan betapa bersyukurnya aku punya senior seperti mereka saat aku mudik naik kereta. Begini ceritanya.
Abis pulang kampong nanti, aku ada UTS (Ulangan Tengah Semester). Karena ini tahun pertamaku jadi rada-rada khawatir kalo nilainya ancur jadi aku bawa semua bahan kuliah. Bawaanku banyak banget sampe ada 2 tas gedhe. Satu tas ransel and satunya lagi di koper. Berat bgt bawanya sampai tanganku merah-merah dan lecet di sana-sini. Isinya bahan kuliah smua, nggak ada oleh-oleh buat yg di kampung. Soalnya uangku tipis, hanya cukup buat pulang kampong doing. Paling nyisa dikit.
Pas nyampe di kosan Mbak Anjar. “Astagfirullah al adzim, dik banyak amat bawaannya kayak mo pindahan aja” serunya kaget. “Dik, kita nanti ke Senen naik kereta ekonomi. Keretanya sering padat penumpang dan turunnya mesti cepet banget. Bisa-bisa kamu ketinggalan kereta hanya gara-gara keberatan bawa barang. Bisa dikurangin nggak? Bawa yang penting-penting aja.” Lanjutnya bantuin aku bawain tas. Karena nggak enak ati sama Mbak Anjar yang dah baik hati beliin aku tiket. Ya udah aku bongkar bawaanku lagi. Aku hanya membawa slide dan catatan kuliah, sedangkan diktat kuliah yang tebel2 aku tinggal karena selain berat juga aku dah hafal isinya.
Buat para calon penumpang yang mo mudik pake kereta sendiri aja, jangan coba-coba deh bawa barang banyak. Karena station tu rame bgt dengan penumpang, orang yang ngantar, para penjual dlll. Jangan sampe karena sibuk ngangkat2 tas yang berat, kita malah salah masuk gerbong dan akhirnya dimarahin penumpang di gerbong itu (Aku pengalaman pernah dimarahin gara-gara salah gerbong. Katanya aku ngabis-abisin tempat.), atau yang lebih gawatz lagi ketinggalan kereta karena susah masuk gerbong. Hmmmm benar-benar nggak asyik ya? Gara-gara hal sepele batal deh tiket mudik kita.
Nah, sampai di Senen, ternyata para calon pemudik nggak begitu banyak. Udah H-5, tapi masih lumayan sepi. Aku ama Mbak Anjar dkk naik kereta api kelas bisnis Senja Utama ntar di sambung kereta ekonomi ke Randu Blatung. Khusus untuk aku mesti naik lagi bus ke Blora. Perjalanannya sih asyik-asyik aja dari Jakarta ke Semarang, nggak ada hambatan. Aku sempat sahur mie goreng puls telur dadar bikinan Mbak Betty yang duduk sebangku denganku. Untung ada Mbak Betty cos aku nggak yakin bisa beli nasi goreng yang dijual di kereta, uangku bener2 ngepas buat transport doang.
Perjalanan kami baru terganggu pas kami naik kereta api ekonomi dari Semarang ke Randublatung. Tiba-tiba kereta yang kami tumpangi ngadat di tengah jalan. Masinis bilang kita mesti nunggu bentar. Mereka mo ambil lokomotif di Semarang karena lokomotif yang sekarang ngadat, nggak mo jalan. “Ya elah….”, seruku dongkol. Aku benar2 capek bgt duduk terus. Buat hiburan kami ngobrol dengan penumpang di gerbong kami.
Lumayan lho kami dapat banyak kenalan baru yang beda kota dengan kami. Kami ngobrol ama mereka seru bgt sampai nggak nyadar kereta dah jalan lagi, ya kira-kira ada 3 jam. Inilah serunya naik kereta. Orangnya friendly, bisa diajak ngobrol, buat ngisi perjalanan. Kadang2 kita malah tukar makanan or minuman selama perjalanan. Berhubung waktu itu lagi puasa, jadi nggak tukar makanan seh. Beda bgt kalo naik bus. udah capek, nggak ada temen ngobrol. Mereka cuek bgt ama sesama penumpang, jarang ngobrol. Terkadang aku juga khawatir ketinggalan bus pas lagi sholat, makanya sholatnya kadang2 kurang khusyuk. Belum lagi kadang aku mesti kerepotan ingat2 no bus. Bener2 nggak nyaman deh. Kalo mo diberi nilai (dari segi friendly) dengan skala 1-10, naik bus eksekutif aku kasih nilai 3 kalo kereta api 7.

Label: about train

diposting oleh Cahya Kartika @ 14.46